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I commend the UFC for at least taking a partial stand against domestic violence, even if it is inconsistent (if he was a big name or star, I doubt he would be getting canned). Look at all the other major professional sports - the NBA,NFL, MLB, NHL and I assume soccer (do not know anything about the sport or players). They are all full of convicted criminals - many of which committed domestic assault, yet they still play and people do not make too much of a stink about it. Just one last comment though, if he already was kicked out of the Air Force and served jail time, hasn't he already paid for his crime and should have a chance to move on? Im not condoning domestic violence, I am just saying that if they already served their time, they should be allowed to make a living.

I commend the UFC for at least taking a partial stand against domestic violence, even if it is inconsistent (if he was a big name or star, I doubt he would be getting canned). Look at all the other major professional sports - the NBA,NFL, MLB, NHL and I assume soccer (do not know anything about the sport or players). They are all full of convicted criminals - many of which committed domestic assault, yet they still play and people do not make too much of a stink about it. Just one last comment though, if he already was kicked out of the Air Force and served jail time, hasn't he already paid for his crime and should have a chance to move on? Im not condoning domestic violence, I am just saying that if they already served their time, they should be allowed to make a living.

Honestly, I see what you're getting about Chope already having faced enough consequences from his poor decision making. However, I think this issue is as much about the UFC as it is about Chope himself. For the UFC, being an organization built on profiting from people hurting one another in sanctioned events, having employees convicted of violent crimes is damaging to the UFC brand. More damaging, I would argue, than violent offenders are to the brands of sports NOT designed around combat violence. For example, in the minds of the laymen/women, there is a connection between MMA and violence in general. Not so much with basketball. Even the NFL doesn't draw the "disturbing" parallels to real-world violence in the collective mind of the public the way that MMA can and too often does.